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Atlantic Mount Desert Island Ginger

Atlantic Mount Desert Island Ginger - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
35
overall
Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Bar Harbor, Maine USA

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1782.9/5.02.89/5.05.2%39.4Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
A refreshing wheat beer spiced with fresh ginger root. The process of making this wheat beer has been nicknamed "special ginger tea", due to the fact that we add over 20 lbs. of fresh ground ginger root into the boil. We use pale malt, and wheat, as well as Target and Whitbread Goldings Variation hops to flavor this light, summer ale. Island Ginger is particularly popular during the warmer summer months, though thanks to the ginger kick it has, it would also be warming in the cold winter months.
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 smcolw (310), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Oct 31, 2009  
Cloudy; neutral amber color. Light head--leaves some slippery and spotty lace. Mild fresh grated ginger aroma. No sweetness to the nose. First impression is how dry the beer is. This is not an overwhelmingly strong ginger ale. The ginger really only shows up on the swallow. The aftertaste is short. The liquid is what you’d expect from a typical ale.


 shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Sep 16, 2009  
On tap at the brewery. A standard American wheat ale with the surprisingly refreshing taste of ginger root added. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this beer. I could definitely drink a couple pints.


 bubbleflubber (885), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 8, 2009  
Pours a hazy orange into the glass without much of a retentive head... the teeniest of lace may be noted as the brew moves down the glass. The nose is of nondescript light spices (ok, ginger since you told me, but not discernible in a blind whiff test). The flavors follow in tow, an American Wheat base with lots of herbs and vegetal notes. The ginger root begins to present itself mid-palate, lingering through the finish, building momentum as the brew warms. The mouthfeel is light with decent carbonation levels. Although it’s drinkable, it’s not nearly complex enough to be effective.


 alobar (1001), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 9, 2009  
Different. Aroma of ginger root. Pours an orange amber color with a thin white head. On the palate is mostly ginger with some spice and wheat.


 6ROW (242), corpus christi, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
May 27, 2009    Updated: Jun 8, 2009
orange pour with a thin white head. great ginger aroma and taste. this is way better than it sounds


droyer (4), Minnesota, USA
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3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 23, 2009  
Very surprised by this one. Light hazy color. Nice slightly fruity head. Light refreshing ginger taste in the background. Foreground taste is a nice summer wheat beer.


 Nate (2533), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Apr 8, 2009  
From bottle. Smells only of fresh cut ginger root. Sweet but mostly very spicy and sharp. Light malt undertones and no hops. Dull golden clear with slight haze, topped with creamy off-white lacing head. Medium watery body with medium carbonation. Starts out tasting just like a dry ginger ale, then like a beer flavored strongly with ginger. Lots of ginger root in there, with light malt sweetness. Dregs make it a bit smoother and cloudier, but doesn’t change the taste too much.


 Trev (849), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Pours hazy gold/orange with thin head. Aroma is grainy malt, some wheat and yeast, very light Ginger. Flavour is sourish wheat, some Ginger spice tones through the middle and a light banana wheat finish with lingering trace of Ginger.



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